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Encampment River

The Encampment River is a 44.7-mile-long (71.9 km) tributary of the North Platte River. The river's source is in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness east of Buck Mountain in the Park Range of Jackson County, Colorado. From Wikipedia

Flows into
North Platte River

Flow now

Encampment River At Mouth, Near Encampment, WY, 8 mi from the river.

76cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

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The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 74 cfs to 91 cfs, around 85 cfs.

Also gauged at Encampment River Ab Hog Park Cr, Nr Encampment, WY: 16 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

1.0 in of water in the snow at Webber Springs and 2 more stations, against a median 3.5 in for the date (27 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Oct 23, peaks Apr 15 and is gone by Jun 1; runoff follows the melt.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

  • Midgessizes 18 to 22
  • Small eggs and worms
  • Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator

Typical for the week over 10 years: 74 to 91 cfs. Running 76 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.

  • Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

Fly shops on this water

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Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.